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Monday, 9 June 2014

Youngest cricketers to score 2000 runs in Test Cricket

On the opening day of the test series between New Zealand
and West Indies in the Caribbean, New Zealand batsman Kane Williamson reached
2000 runs in his Test career. He got there in his 32nd test and 57th
inning when he reached 36. Though he is the 25th Kiwi to complete
2000 Test runs, he is the youngest of all of them. He got to the milestone at
age of 23 years and 10 months. He overcame Martin Crowe who had reached the
milestone at age of 24 years, 5 months, 10 days in March 1987.

Kane Williamson is the youngest from New Zealand and 10th youngest cricketer to score 2000 Test runs

Williamson, though being the youngest batsman from New
Zealand to reach 2000 Test runs, is the 10th youngest overall to
score 2000 Test Runs. Youngest batsman to reach 2000 Test runs is Sachin
Tendulkar. Tendulkar managed to score 2000 runs at age of 20 years, 10 months,
24 days.

Youngest batsman to complete 2000 Test Runs

Age

Batsman

Team

Date

20y, 10m, 24d

Sachin Tendulkar

India

20-Mar-1994

22y, 05m, 24d

Sir Garry Sobers

West Indies

28-Mar-1968

22y, 06m, 08d

Javed Miandad

Pakistan

20-Dec-1979

22y, 10m, 19d

Ramnaresh Sarwan

West Indies

12-May-2003

23y, 01m, 26d

Graeme Smith

South Africa

27-Mar-2004

23y, 02m, 17d

Alastair Cook

England

13-Mar-2008

23y, 03m, 00d

Sir Donald Bradman

Australia

27-Nov-1931

23y, 09m, 11d

Dilip Vengsarkar

India

16-Jan-1980

23y, 09m, 17d

Mahela Jayawardene

Sri Lanka

15-Mar-2001

23y, 10m, 00d

Kane Williamson

New Zealand

08-Jun-2014

Youngest New Zealand batsman to complete 2000 Test Runs

Age

Batsman

Milestone Date

23y, 10m, 00d

Kane Williamson

08-Jun-2014

24y, 05m, 10d

Martin Crowe

03-Mar-1987

24y, 06m, 18d

Craig McMillan

30-Mar-2001

25y, 01m, 27d

Stephen Fleming

27-May-1998

26y, 09m, 15d

Glenn Turner

12-Mar-1974

With Kane Williamson becoming the youngest New Zealand
batsman to score 2000 Test runs, let us look at the youngest 2000 test run
getters from each team.

Youngest batsman to complete 2000 Test runs from each
team

Team

Batsman

Age

Milestone Date

Australia

Sir Donald Bradman

23y, 03m, 00d

27-Nov-1931

Bangladesh

Tamim Iqbal

23y, 11m, 06d

25-Apr-2013

England

Alastair Cook

23y, 02m, 17d

13-Mar-2008

India

Sachin Tendulkar

20y, 10m, 24d

20-Mar-1994

New Zealand

Kane Williamson

23y, 10m, 00d

08-Jun-2014

Pakistan

Javed Miandad

22y, 06m, 08d

20-Dec-1979

Sri Lanka

Mahela Jayawardene

23y, 09m, 17d

15-Mar-2001

South Africa

Graeme Smith

23y, 01m, 26d

27-Mar-2004

West Indies

Sir Garfield Sobers

22y, 05m, 24d

28-Mar-1968

Zimbabwe

Alistair Campbell

28y, 01m, 27d

18-Nov-2000

The youngest New Zealand batsman to complete 2000 Test runs,
Kane Williamson, took 57 innings to reach the landmark. But seven Kiwi
cricketers completed 2000 Test runs in fewer innings than Williamson. Below is
the list showing the fewest number of innings played to score 2000 Test runs by
New Zealand batsman.